String Attributes - comparison operators

Comparison Operators

Note that the = operator always works as a case-sensitive comparison.

The agent queries >, >=, <, and <= allow a new form

$Name > $AttribName

or

$AttribName > $AttribName(path)

This allows queries such as

$Created>$Created(parent)

$Name<$Text

$BorderColor=$Color

To match all case variants of 'dog' (dog, Dog, DOG, etc.) use a 'contains' pattern match, MyAttr(dog). As this would also find a value 'big dog' the match can be further restricted by regular expression string delimiters, e.g. MyAttr(^^dog$). The caret (^) forces matching to start at the beginning of the string; it has to be doubled so as to escape it for Tinderbox, i.e. tell the program the symbol is not, in this context, export mark-up code. Similarly, the $ forces the match to run all the way to the end of a value string. This therefore excludes longer strings that might contain the word in question.

NOTE: The use of the $ in a regular expression should not be confused with the $AttributeName usage.

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